Wheeled toy



PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND S'VOBODA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. WHEELED TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

Application ld Hay 6, 1920. Serial No. 379,341.

Isuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to wheeled toys.

It is, of course, well known that an article of this character in order to be salable must not only have merit in affording amusement to the child, but it must be so constructed as to permit of its manufacture at a price that will permit of popular sale.

This invention has for its object to provide an article of thischaracter that is very cheap of manufacture and which may be trundled by a child to afford amusement.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy em bodying the present invention..

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig.` 3 is a vertical section on line 3--3 of Fi 2. eferring now tothe drawings, the present toy comprises a pair of wheels including the fellies 5 and 6 having connecting spokes 7 and 8, respectively, these two wheels being in axial alinement and spaced apart and having their spokes secured at their inner ends to the hub disks 9 and 10, respectively. The disks 9 and 10 are connected by the integral eccentric crank pin 11 with which is pivotally engaged the lower end of a reciprocatory rod 12 that extends upwardly and beyond the peripheries of the wheels where it is attached to the figure of a horse 13,having a rider 14.

Centrally of the outer faces of the hub disks 9 and 10 are formedthe hub bosses 15 and 16, respectively, with which are engaged pivotally theinturned ends of the arms 17 and 18 of a yoke. which latter extends thence beyond the peripheries of the wheels where the arms are twisted together as shown at 19 to constitute a trundling handle for the toy.

About the handle 19 at the base of the yoke, there is wrapped a wire 20 which extends above the axis of the wheels where it 1s provided with a terminal eye 21 that lies su stantially about said axis and through which eye the reciprocatory rod 12 is slidably disposed.

l/Vhen the toy is trundled, the wheels, of course, are rotated so that the eccentric or crank pin 11 reciprocates the rod 12 through the eye 21 and at the same time gives it a fore-andaft oscillatory movement so that the horse appears to gallop.

In practice, the yoke arms 17 and 18 are formed of stiff wire as are also the guide rod 20 and the reciprocatory ligure carrying rod 12, while the disks 9 and 10 with their crank pin may be an integral casting. The arms may be of any desired construction and secured to the associated parts in any desired manner.

`What is claimed is:

1. A trundling toy comprising spaced wheels having a wrist pin eccentric to and connecting the wheels, a yoke compris ing arms embracing the wheels and pivotally connected therewith centrally of them, a han'iille extending from the yoke, a guide extending from theyoke between the wheels anda ligure carrying rod pivotally connect- `ed with the wrist pin and slidably and rockably engaged with the guide, and having a figure mounted thereon at the opposite side of the guide from the wrist pin for corresponding movement with it.

2. A trundling toy comprising a pair of spaced wheels having sockets at ytheir outer sides, a yoke comprising arms intertwined at one end to constitute a handle and having their other ends directed toward each other and pivotally engaged in corresponding sockets. a guide rod wrapped about the handle and extending thence between the wheels and terminating in an eye above the axis of the wheels, a wrist pin eccentric to and connecting the wheels anda ligure carrying toy pivotally connected with the wrist pin and slidably and rockably engaged through the eye of the guide. Y

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND SVOBODA.

Mrs. H. WILSON. 

